April 21, 2015, 3:00PM

It all seems a bit dreamy. About an hour northwest of New Orleans, just off Interstate 10, you turn onto a two-lane road, pass a mix of small suburban homes and tidy lots, then gradually meander deeper into the countryside. Soon the road becomes a twisting ribbon flanked by pasture. Down the way sits a stately stone house, three stories... Full story »

April 21, 2015, 2:36PM

Dave Malone of the Radiators jokes this childhood photo is of his first performance. He and his wife, Beth James, share a home in Prairieville, Louisiana on Tuesday, April 14, 2015. (Photo by Chris Granger, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune)

April 21, 2015, 2:36PM

A long history of playing with an amazing array of musicians. Dave Malone has personal photos framed with many of them such as Keith Richards, Bonnie Raitt, Professor Longhair, David Hidalgo, and more. He keeps them on a book shelf at his home in Prairieville, Louisiana on Tuesday, April 14, 2015. (Photo by Chris Granger, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune)

April 21, 2015, 2:36PM

Pecky cypress wooden beams from an old barn on the property now grace the third floor ceiling in the home of Dave Malone and his wife, Beth James in Prairieville, Louisiana on Tuesday, April 14, 2015. (Photo by Chris Granger, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune)

April 21, 2015, 2:36PM

One of Dave Malone's signature hats rests on some wooden canes next to the front door at his home in Prairieville, Louisiana on Tuesday, April 14, 2015. (Photo by Chris Granger, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune)

April 21, 2015, 2:36PM

The book sitting on the nightstand next to Dave Malone's bed features one of his favorite subjects, The Beatles. Malone and Beth James share a house in Prairieville, Louisiana. (Photo by Chris Granger, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune)

April 21, 2015, 2:36PM

The hat that Beth James' dad always wore to Jazz Festival rests on a chair next to the bed that she and Dave Malone share at their home in Prairieville, Louisiana on Tuesday, April 14, 2015. (Photo by Chris Granger, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune)

April 21, 2015, 2:36PM

Religious art that Beth James has collected on her travels around the world hangs on the wall between curtains in the master bedroom wall at her home in Prairieville, Louisiana on Tuesday, April 14, 2015. (Photo by Chris Granger, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune)

April 21, 2015, 2:36PM

A sitting and reading area in the master bedroom at the home of Dave Malone and Beth James in Prairieville, Louisiana on Tuesday, April 14, 2015. (Photo by Chris Granger, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune)